Selling your car on ebay

[Jay]

reet, first time I've sold a car of the bay of e's and it the buy it now was clicked within 5-10 mins of it going live 

The winner messaged me to ask for my number, I sent it too him and he said he will call in the morning. No call yet, but its not the end of the day yet and some people are busy, but I've put in the advert deposit required by paypal within 24 hours of auction ending which he has not done yet. His feedback is anything but good, lots of mixed reviews some saying no communication, time waster etc etc this dude is based in South Yorkshire.

Someone else who was obviously looking at the car when the Winner 'bought' it, messaged me saying he'll give me £400 more for it, obviously that's a better deal and they're in Oxford too and would like the car today for cash. Lovely jubbly.

So if they winner hasn't given me the deposit  within the time frame I had in the advert am I within my rights to refuse his purchase and let this other guy buy it? If it weren't for my morals I'd dump the winner and go straight to the Oxford based person, with only 3 feedback, but I've got to give the winner a chance haven't I?

What would you do?
Am I allowed to f@rk off the winner at all, due to the other bad feedback I can see?

tia for any advice.

[The Mighty Elvi]

No.

What you should have done is put "car is advertised elsewhere, I retain the right to end the auction without notice"  etc...

You'll have to wait 24 hrs.

[Sam]

The winner hasnt done what you asked him to, aka a deposit. Sack him off, get your complaint report in first too (or ebay will auto bum you for 30 days before you can do owt). Sell to the local man  

[spikenipple]

Message the first guy telling him you've crashed it, then sell it to the Oxford buyer.

[dom]

I'd wait until the 24 hours are up and sell it to the bloke in Oxford, send the original buyer a message stating that he didn't pay the deposit in the required time and subsequently the car has been bought by someone else.

Where in S.Yorks is the original buyer based?

[JC]

I wouldn't mess with a northerner  

And wtf u buying now  

[PenguinGTI]

You've clearly stated that a deposit is required within 24 hours of the listing ending. Therefore if this is not complied with then you are entitled to sell the car to someone else. But it must be 24 hours from when the listing ended so unfortunately this may mean you miss you're chance with the second buyer, unless he can wait one more day.

 

[ja55on]

Dont crash it as he may still want to buy it and that will cause u grief instead give him the 24 hours fair chance and that then sell it to the other guy and cancel your item on eBay with the option of item
 no longer available he then has 30 days to accept it therefore eBay will cancel it thus far refunding the final value fee if he won't accept the cancelation then put a complaint in to eBay that he did not follow the instructions of purchase there for he forfeited the right to buy and they shall cancel it


Be ware both eBay and PayPal are of the masterbation category and are only in it for profit if they decided to be awkward don't hesitate to call them failing that always sen letters recorded by the royal mail making 2 copy's one for your reference


Hope this helps

[clipperjay]

So Jay how much goes to Egay?
Jay

[Jay]

What you should have done is put "car is advertised elsewhere, I retain the right to end the auction without notice"  etc...

didn't do that, thought about it afterwards and went to edit it but it was bought!


Not sure where in S. Yorkshire, Dom that's all it says.

And wtf u buying now  

PM incoming  


Looking at some of the 'good' feed back it seems a bit of a scam to raise his profile, 6 cars bought in the last month, 3 of which from the same ebay user? hmmm, following those and reading their feedback this person he's bought from seems to be Polish and a scammer according to the comments



The Oxford person wants the car today, presumably because the tax runs out after tomorrow